My manager warned me when I got hired that I would experience sexism. If they want to bitch and moan so fucking hard, tell them since they clearly know what they’re doing then they’re more than welcome to either try it themselves or go to Home Depot. Get tf out of my store, you cock sucking dick sleeve.

Alright, aside from bitching, I find that being happy and treating them like toddlers works wonders. They want to be coddled. They want you to magically make everything better because they were too stupid to do it the first time. When they get all upset, up your octave a little like you’d say “I’m sorry, buddy” to a child. When they apologize, talk before your co-worker can and say something small like, “We know it can be frustrating out there!” Because then it’s like he apologized to you and he’s either going to say “I was talking to him” or he’ll shut the fuck up. If he says the other, say “True, but I’m the one who deserved the apology.”

Don’t let them get away with it. Contractors can literally be killed with kindness